South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Cape Town, 9-13 November, 2011

Dunno which idiots fixed on a Wednesday start.

skully wrote:Grouse. Test cricket from South Africa in prime time from this Wed night. Hopefully the boys make it worth watching.

Aye. Prime time test cricket may well be the grousest thing on the planet at the moment.

Now if you'll kindly refrain from saying anything positive about our chances, we may be able to enjoy it.

skully wrote:Now if you'll kindly refrain from saying anything positive about our chances, we may be able to enjoy it.

Yeah. Well I think my last post might have guaranteed 5 days of rain...

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:As I said on the Potch match thread, he sounds like an idiot.

Then stop reading his crap. Or at least, stop posting it here.

It dominated the middle spread on cricket in the broadsheet today - hard not to.

Skully Australia is better prepared for the test than SA who are under pressure to win their first home series against us since 1970/71. On exposed form though Australia has to be clear favourites. Agree about the Wednesday start, nobody will be in the ground and there's always some chance that it could be over by the weekend when the odd spectator might turn up. The fixturing is odd. Jim Maxwell urged Aussie fans over the weekend to make the trip west as he fears the grounds will be empty because Saffies don't support test cricket. Perhaps a tad arrogant but the proof will be in the pudding.

Am I meant to have heard of this Vincent Barnes bloke?

Fred Nerk wrote:Am I meant to have heard of this Vincent Barnes bloke?

EX SA bowling coach.

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:As I said on the Potch match thread, he sounds like an idiot.

Then stop reading his crap. Or at least, stop posting it here.

It dominated the middle spread on cricket in the broadsheet today - hard not to.

Skully Australia is better prepared for the test than SA who are under pressure to win their first home series against us since 1970/71. On exposed form though Australia has to be clear favourites. Agree about the Wednesday start, nobody will be in the ground and there's always some chance that it could be over by the weekend when the odd spectator might turn up. The fixturing is odd. Jim Maxwell urged Aussie fans over the weekend to make the trip west as he fears the grounds will be empty because Saffies don't support test cricket. Perhaps a tad arrogant but the proof will be in the pudding.

Nice tits red.

Despite the proof I have provided on numerous occasions about the test crowds in SA you are still pushing that line. Don't you sometimes choke on the sh!t you speak.

skully wrote:Grouse. Test cricket from South Africa in prime time from this Wed night. Hopefully the boys make it worth watching.

Just cable, I presume ... no FTA?

lardbucket wrote:

skully wrote:Grouse. Test cricket from South Africa in prime time from this Wed night. Hopefully the boys make it worth watching.

Just cable, I presume ... no FTA?

Correct

the leader of the opposition is firmly opposed to cable TV

divorce

Hussey returns serve to Barnes suggesting that the Aussies have the advantage because the S.Africans haven't played first class cricket for eleven months. He also says that they'll target AB.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/content/story/539547.html

Red wrote:Hussey returns serve to Barnes suggesting that the Aussies have the advantage because the S.Africans haven't played first class cricket for eleven months. He also says that they'll target AB.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/content/story/539547.html

NTR

Has anyone ever come up with the idea of starting a 'nice tits Red' thread where she can post all of the stories she digs up in one place?

We have an ignore function, but it's not nearly sophisticated enough. I'd like a sort of 'Reverse Playboy' ignore function; ie ... one that allows Red's pictures through, without the articles.

lardbucket wrote:We have an ignore function, but it's not nearly sophisticated enough. I'd like a sort of 'Reverse Playboy' ignore function; ie ... one that allows Red's pictures through, without the articles.

Or the avatars strip off when she repeats herself.

Ok, so Red likes a bit of hyperbole. So what? Let her have it. I mean, all Barnes did the other day is say the he tried to help the 1st team as much as possible by batting first. No biggedy. Surely if someone wants to hype that up, that's cool?

I'm not so certain that Red likes hyperbole. There is very little personal style in Red's posts. Red certainly likes to recycle material from cricinfo and The Age. It's almost as though Red is desperately trying not to reveal the real Red, and to convince us that Red is Victorian.

lardbucket wrote: It's almost as though Red is desperately trying to convince us that Red is Victorian.

Nah, they didn't show legs in those days.

People would purposefully pretend to be a Vomit? What kind of twisted person would they have to be?

Brass Monkey wrote: People would purposefully pretend to be a Vomit? What kind of twisted person would they have to be?

Ex Zimbos.

Danny ... re: the desperation stakes ... not just pretending to be Victorian, but pretending to be a Collingwood supporter. That's desperate.

Pretending to be human, really.

Even if they were on sale on Ebay for 10 cents each, a Texas oil millionaire would not be able to buy all the universes that are between me and giving a rat's tossbag about Red's gender, sexual preference, motivations, or whether he/she/it really exists in any meaningful sense.